GNU bug report logs - #53896
28.0.91; Icomplete Vertical Mode fails to preview "C-x 8 RET 8072"

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From: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 53896 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53896: 28.0.91; Icomplete Vertical Mode fails to preview "C-x 8 RET 8072"
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:21:21 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>>> How did you know to type "8072" to begin with?
>>>
>>
>> I use the handwriting recognition on the iPhone's Pleco App and
>> scroll down to the Unicode description for the character and that
>> contains the number for the Unicode.
>
> Then you don't really need the completion, since you already know the
> full codepoint value.

I envy  the Linear A people  who get to have  completions.  Having the
label "[No matches]"  and hitting RET to punch past  that for the sign
is better  done without that  label and leaving  the rest of  the line
blank after the number.  Engineers have a saying, "The best part is no part."

-- 
vl

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